Tag: coping with divorce

"Daddy, I want it now!" whined Veruca Salt throughout the 1971 classic film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. I often wondered why Salt couldn't wait a day and just ask her dad to give Mr. Wonka a call to talk about the golden goose. If she'd...

People going through a divorce do stupid things. It’s not a cut down and I’m not trying to be hurtful, it’s just reality. Trust me, when I was newly separated, I did more stupid things than anyone I know. Why the stupid things? Because going...

I seriously want to hug the woman who sent me the e-mail below! Like almost every newly separated person, she is fearful of the unknown, sad, in a way, and lonely. But, she ends her e-mail with, “I am working on myself." Wow. This is the best thing...

If someone asked me what the hardest part of divorce is I'd say it's right after the ex moves out and the children are with him and you're sitting there home alone, by yourself, wondering how the heck you got to this point. I would go to bed and wake...

Have you ever done a kickboxing class? I’d highly recommend it as a tool for coping with divorce. When I was getting divorced several years ago, punching air or punching a bag really did it for me. It helped me get out all my anger, frustration, an...